iPod Touch, Second Rate Customers?
Before I cause trouble, it must be stated that I love my iPod and my Mac, Apple to me are the superior creator of everything within their field. Everything they do, they do brilliantly.
However, iPod Touch users have had to pay several times for updates (notably this week for the 3.0 software update). I did this and was proud to do so. They are not making profit from me to use the phone capabilities like they do from iPhone users, so theoretically, we should pay for these updates (even though it is arguable at the very least that this weeks update isn’t really worth it, since most features are iPhone only*).
That said, Apple has gone out of their way to take features away from the iPod Touch that are available to iPhone users (and with no technical reason why iPod users can’t have it). For example; don’t like the battery bar on the iPhone? You have the option to display it as a percentage. A small, but very handy feature. It is a feature that as an iPod user, I’d like, but we don’t have the option for that.
I’m not going to point the finger, but I’m very curious as to why we don’t have that option. An option I’d like and possibly deserve through the payment of the new update. I’ll try and contact Apple myself and if I receive a reply, I’ll update this post.
End note: I probably stirred it a bit with the title of the post, but it’s my blog and I can’t think of a better title.
*I personally would say it was worth it. Bluetooth connectivity was unlocked for the 2G owners like myself and Spotlight is an awesome feature, amongst the other features (of course).
Posted on Saturday, June 20th, 2009 at 7:02 pm, filed under Technology. Follow any responses to this entry using the RSS 2.0 feed.
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